List of Viola species


This is a list of species in the plant genus Viola, often known as violets or pansies.
Viola is the largest genus in the family Violaceae, containing over 680 species.
Although similarly named, neither African violets nor dogtooth violets are closely related to the true violas.

List

A

  • Viola abbreviata
  • Viola × aberrans
  • Viola abulensis
  • Viola × abundans
  • Viola abyssinica
  • Viola acanthophylla
  • Viola accrescens
  • Viola acrocerauniensis
  • Viola acuminata – acuminate violet
  • Viola acutifolia
  • Viola adenothrix
  • Viola × adulterina
  • Viola adunca – hookedspur violet, western dog violet
  • Viola aduncoides
  • Viola aethnensis
  • Viola aetolica
  • Viola affinis – sand violet
  • Viola aizoon
  • Viola alaica
  • Viola alba – white violet
  • Viola albanica
  • Viola albida
  • Viola × albimaritima
  • Viola × albovii
  • Viola alburnica
  • Viola alexandrowiana
  • Viola alexejana
  • Viola allchariensis – alšar violet
  • Viola alliariifolia
  • Viola allochroa
  • Viola alpina
  • Viola altaica
  • Viola amamiana
  • Viola ambigua
  • Viola amiatina
  • Viola amurica
  • Viola anagae
  • Viola × angelliae
  • Viola angkae
  • Viola angustifolia
  • Viola anitae
  • Viola annamensis
  • Viola appalachiensis – Appalachian violet
  • Viola araucaniae
  • Viola arborescens
  • Viola argentina
  • Viola arguta
  • Viola arsenica
  • Viola arvensis – field pansy, European field pansy
  • Viola athois
  • Viola atropurpurea
  • Viola aurantiaca
  • Viola aurata
  • Viola auricolor
  • Viola auricula
  • Viola austrosinensis
  • ''Viola × awagatakensis''

    B

  • Viola × bachtschisaraensis
  • Viola bakeri – Baker's violet
  • Viola balansae
  • Viola balcanica
  • Viola bangii
  • Viola banksii – Banks' violet
  • Viola baoshanensis
  • Viola barhalensis
  • Viola barkalovii
  • Viola barroetana
  • Viola × bavarica
  • Viola baxteri
  • Viola beamanii
  • Viola beati
  • Viola beckeriana
  • Viola beckiana
  • Viola beckwithii – Beckwith's violet, Great Basin violet
  • Viola belophylla
  • Viola bertolonii
  • Viola betonicifolia – showy violet, mountain violet
  • Viola bezdelevae
  • Viola bhutanica
  • Viola biflora – yellow wood violet, twoflower violet, arctic yellow violet
  • Viola binayensis
  • Viola × bissellii – Bissell's violet
  • Viola bissetii
  • Viola blanda – sweet white violet, Willdenow's violet
  • Viola blandiformis
  • Viola × blaxlandiae
  • Viola bocquetiana
  • Viola boissieuana
  • Viola boliviana
  • Viola brachyceras
  • Viola brachypetala
  • Viola brachyphylla
  • Viola × braunii – Braun's violet
  • Viola breviflora
  • Viola brevistipulata – short stipule violet
  • Viola bridgesii
  • Viola brittoniana – northern coastal violet, coast violet
  • Viola bubanii
  • Viola bulbosa
  • Viola × burnatii
  • ''Viola bustillosia''

    C

  • Viola × caesariensis
  • Viola calabra
  • Viola calcarata
  • Viola calchaquiensis
  • Viola calcicola
  • Viola caleyana
  • Viola cameleo
  • Viola canadensis – Canadian white violet, Canada violet
  • Viola canescens
  • Viola canina – dog violet, European heath dog violet
  • Viola capillaris
  • Viola caspia
  • Viola cassinensis
  • Viola caucasica
  • Viola cavillieri
  • Viola cazorlensis
  • Viola cenisia
  • Viola cephalonica
  • Viola cerasifolia
  • Viola cervatiana
  • Viola × cestrica
  • Viola chaerophylloides
  • Viola chalcosperma
  • Viola chamaedrys
  • Viola chamissoniana – olopu
  • Viola × champlainensis
  • Viola changii
  • Viola charlestonensis – Charleston mountain violet
  • Viola chassanica
  • Viola cheeseana
  • Viola cheiranthifolia – Teide violet
  • Viola chejuensis – China violet
  • Viola chelmea
  • Viola chiapasiensis
  • Viola × chrysantha
  • Viola cilentana
  • Viola cilicica
  • Viola cinerea
  • Viola clauseniana
  • Viola cleistogamoides
  • Viola cochranei
  • Viola collina – hill violet
  • Viola × columbiana
  • Viola columnaris
  • Viola comberi
  • Viola commersonii
  • Viola communis
  • Viola comollia
  • Viola concordifolia
  • Viola confertifolia
  • Viola congesta
  • Viola × conjugens
  • Viola × consobrina
  • Viola × consocia
  • Viola × consona
  • Viola × contempta
  • Viola × conturbata
  • Viola × convicta
  • Viola × cooperrideri
  • Viola × cordifolia
  • Viola cornuta – horned pansy, horned violet, Johnny-jump-up, bedding pansy
  • Viola coronifera
  • Viola corralensis
  • Viola corsica
  • Viola cotyledon
  • Viola crassa
  • Viola crassifolia
  • Viola crassiuscula
  • Viola × crassula
  • Viola cuatrecasasii
  • Viola cucullata – marsh blue violet
  • Viola cuicochensis
  • Viola culminis
  • Viola cuneata – wedgeleaf violet
  • Viola cunninghamii
  • Viola curtisiae
  • Viola cuspidifolia
  • ''Viola czemalensis''

    D

  • Viola dacica
  • Viola dactyloides
  • Viola dalatensis
  • Viola dandoisiorum
  • Viola danielae
  • Viola dasyphylla
  • Viola davidii
  • Viola × davisii – Davis' violet
  • Viola decipiens
  • Viola declinata
  • Viola decumbens
  • Viola dehnhardtii
  • Viola delavayi
  • Viola delphinantha
  • Viola demetria
  • Viola denizliensis
  • Viola diamantiaca
  • Viola dichroa
  • Viola diffusa – spreading violet
  • Viola × dimissa
  • Viola dimorphophylla
  • Viola dirimliensis
  • Viola dirphya
  • Viola × discors
  • Viola disjuncta
  • Viola dissecta
  • Viola × dissena
  • Viola × dissita
  • Viola diversifolia
  • Viola doerfleri
  • Viola × doii
  • Viola dombeyana
  • Viola domeikoana
  • Viola domestica
  • Viola douglasii – Douglas' golden violet
  • Viola dubyana
  • Viola duclouxii
  • Viola dukadjinica
  • ''Viola dyris''

    E

  • Viola × eamesii – Eames' violet
  • Viola × eclipes
  • Viola ecuadorensis
  • Viola edulis
  • Viola × egglestoniana
  • Viola egglestonii – glade violet
  • Viola × egregia
  • Viola eizanensis
  • Viola × eizasieboldii
  • Viola elatior
  • Viola elegantula
  • Viola emarginata
  • Viola eminens
  • Viola eminii
  • Viola enmae
  • Viola epipsila – dwarf marsh violet, large marsh violet
  • Viola epirota
  • Viola eriocarpa
  • Viola ermenekensis
  • Viola × erratica
  • Viola erythraea
  • Viola escarapela
  • Viola escondidaensis
  • Viola etrusca
  • Viola euboea
  • Viola eugeniae
  • Viola evae
  • Viola × excerpta
  • Viola eximia
  • ''Viola exsul''

    F

  • Viola falconeri
  • Viola × fallacissima
  • Viola farkasiana
  • Viola faurieana
  • Viola × fennica
  • Viola ferdinandea
  • Viola × fernaldii
  • Viola ferrarinii
  • Viola ferreyrae
  • Viola × festata
  • Viola filicaulis
  • Viola × filicetorum
  • Viola fimbriatula – fringed violet
  • Viola fischeri
  • Viola flagelliformis
  • Viola flavicans
  • Viola flettii – Olympic violet, rock violet
  • Viola floridana
  • Viola flos-idae
  • Viola fluehmannii
  • Viola formosana
  • Viola forrestiana
  • Viola fragrans
  • Viola frank-smithii – Frank-Smith's violet
  • Viola friderici
  • Viola frigida
  • Viola frondosa
  • Viola frusinatae
  • Viola fruticosa
  • Viola × fujisanensis
  • Viola fuscifolia
  • ''Viola fuscoviolacea''

    G

  • Viola galeanaensis
  • Viola × ganeschinii
  • Viola ganiatsasii
  • Viola gaviolii
  • Viola gelida
  • Viola germainii
  • Viola glabella
  • Viola glaberrima
  • Viola glandularis
  • Viola glechomoides
  • Viola gmeliniana
  • Viola godoyae
  • Viola × gotlandica
  • Viola gracilis
  • Viola gracillima
  • Viola graeca
  • Viola grahamii
  • Viola × grandis
  • Viola grandisepala
  • Viola granulosa
  • Viola grayi
  • Viola × greatrexii
  • Viola × greenei
  • Viola × greenmanii
  • Viola grisebachiana
  • Viola × grubovii
  • Viola grypoceras
  • Viola guadalupensis – Guadalupe violet
  • Viola guangzhouensis
  • Viola guatemalensis
  • ''Viola guaxarensis''